Category: Migration

  • Tough call last night…

    No time to do a real interpretation of the radar…heading out for some birthday fishing…but a brief look at the radar indicated that most movement was e–>w…I can’t rule out birds, but it seems unlikely. I’ll catch up tomorrow morning, until then, good birding!

  • Fall migration in full swing

    Here’s the radar from sunset last night through 5:30am this morning. Frames are every 1/2 hour for reflectivity and velocity, and every hour for the regional composite. Click on the thumbnail to view the full-sized animation. Well, the Northeast had their big push two nights ago, and we got ours last night. It looks like […]

  • Just a bit outside: A migration “near miss”

    I guess this night will go down as one of those ‘what might have been’ stories. A cold front was stretched horizontally above our area, causing favorable winds to the north (over northern New York) and west/southwest winds over our area. Had the front been a little bit lower by sunset, the winds over our […]

  • South winds over Jerze

    Winds were out of the south last night, and hence, there was only a trace of migration visible on the radar. Here’s the radar from sunset last night through 5:30am this morning: Frames are every 1/2 hour for reflectivity and velocity, and every hour for the regional composite. Click on the thumbnail to view the […]

  • Birding forecast

    Southerly winds for the next couple of nights should keep migration to a minimum, but things are looking good again for midweek. I’ve posted a full birding forecast to birdcapemay.org. Come check it out!

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